Whether it's a hip-hop festival or an award-winning opera house, a castle festival or a musical - the Stuttgart region is at the top of the German cultural metropolises. The region is also a gourmet paradise under the stars and Stuttgart is one of the greenest cities in Europe. Just a short S-Bahn ride from the state capital, nature lovers will find the impressive mountain landscapes of the Swabian Alb biosphere area, vineyards and idyllic swimming lakes.
Would you like even more variety? Here you will find lots of leisure tips - from the all-time classics to real insider tips among the excursion ideas.
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The Nippenburg towers above the Glemstal in the Stuttgart region. It was built around the year 1600. In addition to the castle building, the property includes a farm yard and a park in the style of an English landscape garden. There are many legends and myths surrounding the Nippenburg, but especially ghost stories. The most famous one tells about...
The “Römerweg” leads from Schwaikheim in the Rems-Murr district to neighboring Affalterbach. The Römerweg is an old, partly still quite well-preserved road that was built by Roman settlers who lived in the area around Schwaikheim until the third century AD. The Romans also built fortresses, settlements and a...
On the banks of the Enz in Besigheim, a water and adventure playground invites you to run around and explore. In the playground, which is located right next to a mill, everything revolves around the theme of water and wildlife. A larger-than-life fire salamander and a plastic kingfisher guard the play area. In addition to the large water area, there is...
In the “Ravensburger Kinderwelt” in Kornwestheim, children between the ages of two and twelve can test out Ravensburger Verlag’s games in XXL format with their parents. 2.000 attractions such as a huge catch-the-hat game, a giant climbing track and an adventure course from the game “The Crazy Labyrinth” are set up on over 20 square meters. In addition to the huge games,...
In the nature reserve near Markgröningen, the Leudelsbachtal offers varied circular trails of varying levels of difficulty for walkers and hikers. The approximately six kilometer long Leudelsbach flows northwest past Markgröningen over the deep Remminger Valley and ends in a southern loop of the Enz. On idyllic hiking routes along the babbling Leudelsbach there is...
The largest private garden railway in the Stuttgart region is located in the Hohenhaslach district of Sachsenheim. The building contractor Heinz Knodel has been building a 1975:1 scale facility in his front yard since 22,5, which today covers an area of 190 square meters. A total of 340 meters of tracks were laid for 40 locomotives and 120 wagons. dumplings...
If you don't feel like riding a pony, you can hop on the backs of very special people in Bottwartal: Molly, Maggie and Georgy are cows that were rescued from the slaughterhouse and now live on an adventure farm. The owner of the cattle trained them to be riding animals. Cow riding is a great...
The Hessigheim rock gardens are a true paradise for climbers, but also invite you to hike and enjoy. The small rock labyrinth made of shell limestone lies in the middle of an impressive vineyard landscape and offers a wonderful view of the Neckar and medieval Besigheim. With its walls, boulders, towers and gorges, there is...
The “Literary Cycle Paths” are day cycle tours through Baden-Württemberg. They lead to important locations in German literary history. On a “Literary Cycle Path” route you cycle through one of the largest wine-growing regions in the Stuttgart region and along the Neckar. The cycle path begins and ends in the birthplace of Friedrich Hölderlin, Lauffen am Neckar. ...
The “Literary Cycle Paths” are day tours that lead to places of literary history in the Stuttgart region. One of the “Literary Cycle Paths” routes begins in Friedrich Schiller’s birthplace of Marbach am Neckar. Not only is the birthplace and a monument to the poet there, but the Schiller National Museum and the German Literary Archive are also there...